. >> reporter: still this deadly taliban raid on a hotel in kabul shows insurgents are not willing to go quietly. >> if we don't succeed here and th taliban comes back into power, we'll be attacked again. >> reporter: american troops are carrying on with their mission preparing to give power back to the people. >> right now about 90,000 american troops are stationed in afghanistan. >>> thousands of evacuees return home at wildfires still blaze strong in parts of new mexico. threats to a nuclear plant has eased. now firefighters are trying to protect american indian tribe as the blaze continues to burn. >>> the ruptured pipeline operated by exxonmobil has spewed an estimated 42,000- gallons of crude oil into the river. david jay reports for wjz on the clean up effort. >> it's heartbreaking, it's heartbreaking man. >> reporter: those who live in montana's big sky country are used to seeing the stunning beauty. >> the river in montana, we're all proud of it. >> reporter: homeowners evacuated by the weekend's oil spill returned to the ground soaked in oil. >> we shut down this pipeline in